Sol Weintraub

Character from Hyperion by Dan Simmons

The Scholar — a Jewish professor carrying his reverse-aging daughter to the Time Tombs, hoping the Shrike will cure her before she ages backward past birth and ceases to exist.

Also known as: Sol, The Wandering Jew, The Scholar

What They Know

• Jewish scholar from Barnard's World — known as 'the Wandering Jew'
• His daughter Rachel ages backward due to a Time Tombs temporal anomaly — losing one day of memory per day
• Carries infant Rachel to the Shrike — parallel to Abraham's Binding of Isaac
• Rachel becomes Moneta — sent backward through time, grown into Kassad's lover
• His tale is the Scholar's Tale — the novel's emotional center, exploring faith, sacrifice, and parenthood
• His question: 'How do you raise a child knowing she will forget you tomorrow?'

Connections

• father_of — rachel
• father_of — moneta
• pilgrim_with — consul
• sacrifices_to — shrike

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